Tue, 22 Oct 2013, 20:31 PMFarris Claims First OFAA Win In Over a Decade at Baytown

Courtesy of Chris GravesPhoto copyright 2013 Max Cackle Photography

BAYTOWN, Texas -- The Painless Performance Outlaw Fuel Altered Association rumbled through the gates of Royal Purple
Raceway to headline the exhibition portion of the 2013 Super Chevy Show, on Saturday, September
28th. With a heated points battle shaping up as the season comes to a close, the pressure was on
and each round was critical for three major players in the OFAA Championship hunt.

Jimmy Jones

Jimmy Jones, the two time defending series Champ, entered Baytown in the lead by just five points
in his "Texas Tremor" blown alcohol entry, followed closely by the Hennen Motorsports "Nitro
Junkie" team with the red hot Kebin Kinsley behind the wheel. Jones started off the 2013 season
with a win at North Star Dragway, but since then hasn't seen the winners circle or even a final
round, yet he continues to hold his points lead with consistency and a handful of round wins.
Kinsley came from below the top ten in points early in the season to the number two position with
an incredibly strong summer, winning the last three straight OFAA events heading into Baytown.

While Jones and Kinsley are sweating each other, Mary Reep is currently third in points chipping
away at the boys at the top in her "Grim Reeper" entry from Austin, Texas. Reep has enjoyed a
career year, claiming her first series win at Thunder Valley Raceway in April then posting a
runner-up finish at the most recent event at Mo-Kan Dragway. Reep entered Baytown twenty five
points behind Jones, a gap that could easily be closed with three events left on this year's tour.

Doyle Smith

The call went out for the start of the first qualifying session in the early afternoon as the Super
Chevy Series entered their exhibition portion of the event. With twelve cars on the property for
the twelve car field, the pressure of making the show was off, but battles for points positions in
the qualifying order kept things very interesting.

After two sessions were concluded, John Broussard and the Louisiana based "Purple Haze" team
qualified in the top spot for the second time this season with a 4.02 elapsed time. Chris
Trussell's "Assassin" nitro burner earned the number two spot with a 4.031 and Kebin Kinsley slid
into the third spot with a 4.033. Terry Brian's 4.038 qualified him number four with points leader
Jimmy Jones in fifth with a 4.05. Mark Bowman's "Blown Income" rounded out the top half of the
field with a 4.06 as the OFAA teams laid down a plethora of 4.0's in qualifying, making a favorite
hard to pick.

Donny McSwain's "Wild One" and John Broussard's "Purple Haze" kicked off the all-important first
round of eliminations. The quickest two winners of this round advance to the final, so not only
winning, but elapsed times, are critical. The cars were off the line together and side by side all
the way through the eighth mile. McSwain lit the win light with a 3.92 at 184 mph to Broussard's
close 3.97 at 183 mph in a great side by side three second opening pair.

Chris Trussell's "Assassin" lined up next against Mary Reep's "Grim Reeper" as Reep was looking at
a must win round to keep her in contention for the Championship. Trussell was off the line with a
great .047 reaction time, but got left on by Mary's quicker .038 and she never looked back, posting
a stout 3.91 at 186 mph to take the win over Trussell's 4.06 at 182 mph.

Terry Brian

DoDad Burton and Terry Brian were the next pair out in the battle of the east Texas based blown
alcohol entries. Burton took a slight starting line advantage and laid down a nice 4.17 at 171 mph
in the "Free Spirit" entry but it wasn't enough to hold off Terry Brian's quicker 4.09 at 179 mph
as the "II N'Tense" team earned the round win.

As eliminations continued, a monster match-up between Howard Farris' "War Wagon" and Kebin
Kinsley's "Nitro Junkie" rolled through the water box. Two of the nastiest behaving, noisiest and
quickest cars on the planet crept into the beams as Kinsley was in desperate search of those
Painless Performance points here. Kinsley took over a tenth of a second advantage off the starting
line and posted an incredible 3.84 at 220 mph, a new OFAA series mile per hour record, but lost to
Farris' jaw dropping 3.72 at 213 mph in one of the quickest and fastest side by side pass in OFAA
history. This loss didn't help the cause, but would certainly not eliminate Kinsley from a
Championship run.

Jimmy Jones had the best seat in the house to watch Farris take out Kinsley as he was in the water
box ready to fire up in the next pair. Jones was set to face Clint Cross and the "Crossways" team
but clutch issues kept them from making the call so Jones was set for an automatic win in this solo
pass. His next goal was to run quicker than Mary Reep's 3.91 to try and secure his spot in the
final round. The "Texas Tremor" machine blasted off the line and trucked right down broadway,
posting a 3.93 at 185 mph, again coming up just short of a trip to the finals, but earning the
round win points none the less.

Mark Bowman's "Blown Income" and Doyle Smith's "Chemical Reaction" were the final pair of the
round. Bowman's car was leaking while backing up from the burnout and was forced to shut off,
which sent Smith on a single as he earned his first OFAA round win with a solo 4.90 at 113 mph.

Mary Reep

Mary Reep's 3.91 held on for a spot in the final round to take on the staggering Howard Farris as
Reep was entering her third final of the season while Farris was moving into his second final of
the season in search of his first OFAA win in over twelve years.

The thrash was on in the pits as the finalists prepared their machines for one last blast down the
Royal Purple Raceway to determine a winner here in Baytown. The teams brought their cars to the
lanes and the drivers suited up. Reep hoped to continue chipping away at the leaders in the
standings while Farris' looking to win his first OFAA event of the season. The call went out to
fire em' up and troubles set in for Reep. Despite desperate attempts to get the car started, the
"Grim Reeper" just would not fire up and the signal was given to Farris' that they would finish the
race on a single.

Howard Farris

Farris staged the "War Wagon" and thundered down the strip with a spectacular finish as the rear
end let go and the motor over revved lifting the blower and exiting the rods from the engine block
in a costly 3.72 at 191 mph, but who cares, they won! The Farris Racing crew celebrated on the
starting line as they added another achievement to a career year for the team as Farris was also
the winner of the 2013 World Fuel Altered Nationals in Eddyville, Iowa in August.

"We blew it up in the final but we won the race and we're very excited about that! The track was
in great condition today and we knew we could put some power down and it would stick. I want to
thank my crew, without all their hard work we wouldn't be here. I also want to thank Icon Pistons
for their support of our team. We'll get back to the shop and take a look and hopefully be able to
get it repaired to make Denton next weekend," said Farris.

Reep and crew celebrate runner up.

Upon a closer look, Reep discovered some damage to the coil and points box which occurred when the
blower belt broke in the first round of eliminations. An issue the team didn't know they had until
they went to fire up for the final. After Baytown, Jones continues to hold the points lead now by
just eight points over Kinsley. Jones made up some ground, but Reep made up the most, as she
trails the top spot by twenty one points with two events remaining. The OFAA racers have just a
few days off before the eighth event of the season this weekend, Saturday, October 5th at the North
Star Dragway "Fall Nostalgia Nationals". With three racers in contention, the OFAA action at
Denton should be well worth the price of admission!

The Outlaw Fuel Altered Association would like to thank Painless Performance Products, Good
Vibrations Motorsports, North Texas Diesel, 3rd Coast Commissioning Services, Wizard's Warehouse
and Competition Sales of Dallas for their support of the series this season! For more information
visit http://www.ofaa.net.